So wear the mask Play the part Of someone harder in the heart And never someone, easy to break Another day Another show with no rehearsal Another way I'm probably gonna make it worse For the person next to me What do you expect of me 'Cause in my head You think less of me, it's stressing me A self-fulfilling prophecy I'll wear a brittle grin I'll get a little in my own head Try to work out what I misread What I got wrong I'll weave myself into a new shape for you Twist the corners of mouth when you're around Hang on every word that you say, your performer No more than a clown I'll live in the spotlight Not getting it quite right And when I mess up it'll keep me up all night Stuck in a loop of fight or flight I feel the safest under porcelain and paint Smile forcing through the pain I'm only here to entertain Hard to say What remains When I stumble off of the stage Does the one behind the role still have a face So wear the mask Play the part Of someone harder in the heart And never someone, easy to break Just a facsimile Of what a person's meant to be So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel Always hiding something fragile Da da-da-da-da-da-da-da Da da-da-da-da-da-da Da da-da-da At even the slightest sleight, I'm letting it slip Feeling it chip Feel it unraveling Follow the script I'm losing my words Losing my temper Out of the energy just to remember It's all in my head I start to crack under the pressure Another lesson that I'll never measure Up, either way I feel stuck, if I keep it bottled up It's gonna hit me like a truck Thought I finally figured out the face To make to make you make the Face you wanna make But I can only take a little till I break Oh, there it goes Sound the alarm we're completely exposed Emotional short-circuit More hurt than it should've been possible Fully illogical Think I'm responsible for those around me Like I've been crowned the all-accountable God of working out these Emotional needs, communicatively Defeated and fatigued, I try but I can't be The kind of perfectly, constructed person For your service need to earn My place on earth It's how you see me that determines what I'm worth So wear the mask Play the part Of someone harder in the heart And never someone, easy to break Just a facsimile Of what a person's meant to be So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel Always hiding something fragile Hard to tell, hard to see Is the show for you or me Just a way to be Relieved of all responsibility Where does it end, where do I start Am I the face and not the heart Am I actor of the year Or just the part? Hold it in, hold it tight Fake a smile, get it right If you wanna make it through Then act like you believe it too Stay in line, stay in place Are they looking at your face If you crack under the pressure Gonna lose them all forever Hold it in, hold it tight Fake a smile, get it right If you wanna make it through Then act like you believe it too Stay in line, stay in place Are they looking at your face If you crack under the pressure Gonna lose them all forever Hold it in, hold it tight Fake a smile, get it right If you wanna make it through Then act like you believe it too Stay in line, stay in place Are they looking at your face If you crack under the pressure Gonna lose them all forever So wear the mask Play the part Of someone harder in the heart And never someone, easy to break Just a facsimile Of what a person's meant to be So pull the ribbon, I'll unravel Always hiding something fragile Da da-da-da-da-da-da-da Da da-da-da-da-da-da Da da-da-da